- Author
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Bruck, D.
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Ball, M.
- Title
- Sleep and Fire: Who is at Risk and Can the Risk be Reduced?
- Coporate
- Victoria Univ., Melbourne, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Beijing, China,
Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors,
37-51 p.,
2005
- Keywords
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fire research
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fire safety
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fire science
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sleep
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fire alarm systems
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smoke detectors
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human behavior
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alcohol
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fire statistics
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fire fatalities
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death
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adults
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children
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auditory perception
- Identifiers
- response patterns; percentage of fatalities according to fire origin in different rooms, by condition before death; fire fatalities when asleep: impaired and unimpaired; age of victim according to whether awake or asleep at time of fire; summary of details from articles on arousal to smoke alarms in adults; auditory arousal thresholds in children and young adults; number of children who did or did not awaken to different alarm signals